PORT ST. LUCIE — A toddler from Port St. Lucie visiting Brevard County was attacked by a dog Wednesday, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue and WPTV Newschannel 5.

Paramedics went to a home on American Drive in West Melbourne about 4:22 p.m. for the call, Fire Rescue said. The girl was taken by paramedics to a helicopter and she was flown to a trauma center, Fire Rescue said.

WPTV identified the girl as 3-year-old Alyssa Bartolotta and said she was being treated at Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando.

According to a gofundme.com fundraising page for Alyssa, the girl suffered a fractured skull from the attack. She underwent surgery and will have to undergo facial reconstruction, the page states.